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Luke Pollard

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Work and Pensions

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2019-05-15

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2019-05-29T12:04:15.817Z

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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has
had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on issuing
guidance to landlords who wish to rent to tenants who receive universal credit.

<p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has regular dialogue with other Secretary
of States in the course of normal ministerial business, which includes discussion
surrounding aspects of Universal Credit.</p><p /><p>The Department maintains guidance
on GOV.UK, relevant for private and social sector landlords, with information about
Universal Credit. This helps landlords to understand what they can do to help their
tenants prepare for: a) their move to Universal Credit and b) making payments of their
housing costs (rent) direct to their landlord themselves. This can be accessed at:</p><p>
</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-and-rented-housing--2/universal-credit-and-rented-housing-guide-for-landlords"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-and-rented-housing--2/universal-credit-and-rented-housing-guide-for-landlords</a></p><p>
</p><p>The Government does not collect data on how many landlords are not able to
rent to tenants who receive universal credit because of their landlord insurance policies.</p>

<p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has regular dialogue with other Secretary
of States in the course of normal ministerial business, which includes discussion
surrounding aspects of Universal Credit.</p><p /><p>The Department maintains guidance
on GOV.UK, relevant for private and social sector landlords, with information about
Universal Credit. This helps landlords to understand what they can do to help their
tenants prepare for: a) their move to Universal Credit and b) making payments of their
housing costs (rent) direct to their landlord themselves. This can be accessed at:</p><p>
</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-and-rented-housing--2/universal-credit-and-rented-housing-guide-for-landlords"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-and-rented-housing--2/universal-credit-and-rented-housing-guide-for-landlords</a></p><p>
</p><p>The Government does not collect data on how many landlords are not able to
rent to tenants who receive universal credit because of their landlord insurance policies.</p>

<p>Design and delivery of the GOV.UK Verify platform is the responsibility of the
Government Digital Service (GDS) and its partners. The Department for Work and Pensions,
along with other government departments is a user of this service, and provides feedback
to GDS about its operation, recognising that people wanting to claim Universal Credit,
or check their State Pension, can choose to use it to confirm their identity. The
Department has no access to this information and claimants have direct contact with
identity providers (also called ‘certified companies’).</p><p> </p><p>The Department
will continue to consider options to provide the easiest and most secure digital services
for our claimants.</p><p /><p>There are various ways in which a claimant can verify
their identity for Universal Credit purposes: in person using primary and secondary
ID verification or; by using biographical questions, for those who do not have identity
documents.</p>

<p>At present, there are various ways in which a claimant can verify their identity
for Universal Credit purposes: online using the gov.uk verify service; in person using
primary and secondary ID verification or; by using biographical questions, for those
who do not have identity documents.</p><p> </p><p>If an appointment is needed to verify
a claimant’s ID in person, both members of a “couple claim” are not required to attend
at the same time. The current process is that separate appointments will be arranged
for each partner, at a time that is convenient for them.</p>